{"id":20169,"date":"2021-07-06T17:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/06\/two-army-brigade-deployments-to-mideast-and-europe-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:14:43","slug":"two-army-brigade-deployments-to-mideast-and-europe-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/07\/06\/two-army-brigade-deployments-to-mideast-and-europe-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Army brigade deployments to Mideast and Europe announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army officials have announced two upcoming unit rotations to Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th Infantry Division\u2019s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Carson, Colorado, will deploy approximately 1,800 personnel this summer to Iraq to support Operation Inherent Resolve<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Stryker unit will replace the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, from the Louisiana National Guard<\/a>. Inherent Resolve is the named mission to defeat the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major combat operations ended when ISIS lost its territorial caliphate in 2019, but the group remains active as an insurgency. Tensions between the United States and Iran-backed militias in the region also continue to garner headlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur Soldiers and leaders have been training hard preparing to answer our nation\u2019s call,\u201d said Col. Ike L. Sallee, commander of the 1st SBCT, in a statement. \u201cWe are ready for this mission and we are fortunate to have the very best Soldiers, leaders and family members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t